贵 Strokes Write it Listen 贵 guì expensive; noble; precious HSK 1 9 strokes Radical 贝 Sound + meaning 11 words Built from中zhōngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese一yīone; a, an; alone贝meaningbèisea shell; money, currency How it works贝 hints at the meaning (money).